Results for "Darius Jones"

Vision Festival 16 - June 9: An Evening of Special Projects

June 9, 2011

The special project nights embody the epitome of the festival and the most striking contrast with the pre packaged, off the shelf bloat fests. And the events are thoughtfully timed to allow for movement between performances in the Main Stage and the Downstairs Theater, where the evening begins with the final panel discussion looking to education ...

David S. Ware / Cooper-Moore / William Parker / Muhammad Ali: Planetary Unknown

by John Sharpe
May 31, 2011

Saxophone giant David S. Ware's comeback following a kidney transplant continues apace, this time within a new super group comprising some of the brighter magnitude bodies in the free jazz firmament. Ware's post-op output includes potent showings in Saturnian (Aum Fidelity, 2009) and Onecept (Aum Fidelity, 2010) but Planetary Unknown represents the strongest achievement yet. In ...

Darius Jones / Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Lieder

by John Sharpe
May 13, 2011

Duets with saxophonists loom large in pianist Matthew Shipp's discography. His first release featured one such with a young Rob Brown--Sonic Explorations (Cadence Jazz, 1988)--and there have been further outings over the years with other reed men, including Roscoe Mitchell, Ivo Perelman, Evan Parker and Sabir Mateen. To add to that impressive roster comes a worthy ...

Darius Jones and Matthew Shipp - Cosmic Lieder (Aum Fidelity, 2011)

May 7, 2011

Alto Saxophonist Darius Jones has made quite a splash for himself in the avant- jazz scene, with his debut album Mannish Boy and his playing in the extraordinary collective Little Women. Joining forces with the great pianist Matthew Shipp was a masterstroke, as the two musicians complement and combat each other on a series of thirteen ...

The Jazz Session #259: Matthew Shipp and Darius Jones

April 22, 2011

Darius Jones and Matthew Shipp - Cosmic Lieder (2011)

April 13, 2011

By S. Victor Aaron Going from unknown two years ago to co-leading a duet record with Matthew Shipp is a meteoric rise in the avant jazz world, much less any world, but that's just what alto saxophonist has accomplished in this short time frame. In the fall of 2009, Jones released his debut album, the critically ...

Darius Jones / Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Lieder

by Troy Collins
April 8, 2011

Cosmic Lieder documents the first recorded collaboration between rising alto saxophone star Darius Jones and venerable pianist Matthew Shipp. Veering between dark lyricism and roiling catharsis, the date offers an illuminating window into the creative discourse between two different generations of the avant-garde. Released concurrently with the expansive live double album, The Art of ...

Darius Jones / Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Lieder

by Nic Jones
April 5, 2011

Cosmic Lieder contains the sound of a duo engaged in an exercise in totality, which takes in no small amount of the music's past even while there's never any doubt that both players are concerned with music of the future--though, happily, not over-earnestly so. But to call this program a “coming-of-age" would be misleading. Of the ...

New York's New Music And Arts Series M.A.K.

by AAJ Staff
April 3, 2011

New York City has a brilliant new arts foundation, and a related music series. Nikka Arts is a music and arts foundation, founded by New York singer and composer Lola Danza and her business partner JB, of aboptv.com. The organization aims to provide a space where musicians and artists can present their creative work, and also ...

Mike Pride's From Bacteria to Boys: Betweenwhile

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 23, 2011

Ha offerto i suoi servigi alla corte di sua maestà Anthony Braxton così come ha scatenato la sua batteria per gli MDC, leggende del punk-rock americano. E' pressoché impossibile incasellare un'artista come Mike Pride e altrettanto impossibile immaginare in anticipo la musica contenuta nei suoi CD. From Bacteria to Boys, nato come trio e qui in ...